Word: provenances
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...former Clinton aide and friend said that the president "panicked" at key moments for gay and lesbian rights and has proven to be a "political coward." He added, however, that he thinks Clinton will "do the right thing when we make him do the right thing...
...overall political climate has proven that cutting education is unpopular, she said...
Rigorous practices have thus far proven effective; both teams have demonstrated their prowess in their respective divisions...
Choi is right that universities, and the western world in general, have lost something valuable in their embrace of multiculturalism. What they have lost is a proven system of dealing with the world, a system based on classical philosophy and Christian scripture. But that system was far from perfect, as we are constantly being reminded--and Choi can't pretend that before the universities were secularized, they turned out only saints...
...done, that percentage is likely to double again in five years. "It's tragic but not surprising," says Rosalind Branningan of Drug Strategies, an antidrug research group. "In many schools, putting up posters is the sum of drug education. The few programs that do work use a host of proven methods and involve rigorous, normative teaching," which means getting kids to realize that most of their peers are not doing...